False—for example the parfit’s setup doesn’t compare EDT and FDT on exact bit-equivalent environments and action choices—see my reply here.
For the environment where you are stranded in the desert talking with the driver, the optimal implicit action is to agree to pay them, and precommit to this (something humans do without too much trouble all the time). EDT obviously can make that optimal decision given the same decision options that FDT has.
For the environment where you are in the city having already received the ride, and you didn’t already precommit (agree to pay in advance), EDT also makes the optimal action of not paying.
FDT’s supposed superiority is a misdirection based on allowing it new preactions before the main action.
False—for example the parfit’s setup doesn’t compare EDT and FDT on exact bit-equivalent environments and action choices—see my reply here.
For the environment where you are stranded in the desert talking with the driver, the optimal implicit action is to agree to pay them, and precommit to this (something humans do without too much trouble all the time). EDT obviously can make that optimal decision given the same decision options that FDT has.
For the environment where you are in the city having already received the ride, and you didn’t already precommit (agree to pay in advance), EDT also makes the optimal action of not paying.
FDT’s supposed superiority is a misdirection based on allowing it new preactions before the main action.